The Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. After the film’s director Krish left the project mid-way to begin work on the upcoming NTR biopic, followed by Sonu Sood and actress Swati Semwal’s exit, it has been reported that another dark cloud is looming over the film.According to latest reports, the business head of Zee Studios, Sujay Kutty has been sacked. The reason for this is believed to be because he went ahead with reshoots that inflated the budget by an estimated Rs 30 crore, above the previously agreed Rs 70 crore total budget. The re-shoots were said to be done over a 10-day schedule, but now, the film will have multiple changes along with Ganesh Acharya choreographing a song featuring Kangana and Ankita Lokhande. Reacting to these reports, Kangana said in a statement that rumours of the business head being fired because of the film had “no logic” and was just a “nasty story.” She, however, admitted that he did leave months ago, but because of “something internal.” She reasoned that since ‘Manikarnika’ was being made under the production house, they could easily sell the project rather than sack their employee.‘Manikarnika’ is scheduled for a release on 25 January.

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A city-based outfit Friday moved the Gujarat High Court, seeking a ban on the release of the film 'Loveratri', claiming that its title and content hurt the sentiments of Hindus.

The film marks the debut of film star Salman Khan's brother-in-law Aayush Sharma and Warina Hussain and is set against the backdrop of Navratri.

Directed by debutant Abhiraj Minawala, the film is slated for release on October 5.

The PIL, filed by an organisation called Sanatan Foundation, urged the court to get the film's producers to change the title and remove the content that hurts the sentiments of Hindus, as an alternative to a ban.

The PIL is expected to come up for hearing before a bench of Chief Justice R. Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi on September 19.

The petitioner has claimed that the film, produced by Salman Khan, will offend Hindus upon its release on October 5.

It claimed that the film's title 'Loveratri', a spin on the Hindu festival Navratri, as well as some dialogues shown in the trailer, were offensive.

"If this movie is allowed to be viewed in cinemas in Gujarat, it will leave a very bad impact on youngsters and public at large," the PIL claimed.

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The Kangana Ranaut starrer ‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’, has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. After the film’s director Krish left the project mid-way to begin work on the upcoming NTR biopic, followed by Sonu Sood and actress Swati Semwal’s exit, it has been reported that another dark cloud is looming over the film.

According to latest reports, the business head of Zee Studios, Sujay Kutty has been sacked. The reason for this is believed to be because he went ahead with reshoots that inflated the budget by an estimated Rs 30 crore, above the previously agreed Rs 70 crore total budget. The re-shoots were said to be done over a 10-day schedule, but now, the film will have multiple changes along with Ganesh Acharya choreographing a song featuring Kangana and Ankita Lokhande.

Reacting to these reports, Kangana said in a statement that rumours of the business head being fired because of the film had “no logic” and was just a “nasty story.” She, however, admitted that he did leave months ago, but because of “something internal.”

She reasoned that since ‘Manikarnika’ was being made under the production house, they could easily sell the project rather than sack their employee.

‘Manikarnika’ is scheduled for a release on 25 January.

3/26‘Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi’: Director Krish walked out due to creative differences with Kangana Ranaut?

Earlier on, there were reports doing the rounds that Kangana Ranaut has taken over the historical epic 'Manikarnika: The Queen of Jhansi' after director Krish stepped down from the project. There were reports suggesting that it was a temporary arrangement as the filmmaker was busy with other projects. However, it seems like the reasons for the shift in reins is not so benign after all.

According to reports, there are sources close to the film that claim that Krish was pushed out of the project by the actress. Apparently, she first muscled her way into writing, then direction and it reached a point where she was telling the actors what to do. Krish being an experienced filmmaker down South did not take this well and allegedly walked out of the project “out of humiliation”.

Reportedly, this is not the first time that Kangana has pulled off something like this. Even when 'Simran' came out, there were similar reports doing the rounds of her taking over the writing and direction of the film from Hansal Mehta. Meanwhile, the makers are striving to release the movie on time on January 25th, 2018.

'Paltan' Cinematographer, Nigam Bomzan has filed a legal notice against the film's director JP Dutta and his daughter Nidhi Dutta for the non-payment of dues and for not giving him his due credit for his work in neither - the end-credits of the trailer nor songs.

This legal notice comes just weeks ahead of the film's September 7, release.

Nigam said in a statement, "Being a fan of Dutta's work, we verbally agreed on the money but didn't sign a formal contract. I shot for 54 days, and the portions make up 80 per cent of the film. During that period, I received about 30 per cent of my remuneration."

However, the cinematographer had to back-out from the film just before its third and final schedule, owing to his sister's critical health conditions. He went on to claim that even when he discussed the matter with Dutta and Nidhi, the father-daughter duo supported his decision and replaced him with Shailesh Awasthi.

Nigam alleged that he only decided to take a legal route after his multiple requests to the team to clear his impending dues and give him credit for his work fell on deaf ears.

Bomzan said, "Nidhi told me that they hadn't received the money from the production house. But she assured me that they would clear the payment soon. After a point, she stopped replying to my messages. I have been trying to reach them since March, but there has been no response. I finally decided to take the legal route. It's sad that I have to fight to get credit for my work."

He also claimed that his assistants too have not yet been paid for their work on the film.

In November 2017, the Cinematographer posted a picture with Dutta and a note that read,"#Lucky to have worked with the #legend an #institution in himself, so many lessons learnt .. running short of #words to describe him, .... Thanku @nidhiduttaofficial for the #oppurtunity ,u r #family forever #PALTAN #jpdutta."

5/26‘Fanney Khan’ makers make changes to ‘Achche Din Kab Ayenge’ after political controversy

Anil Kapoor, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Rajkummar Rao starrer ‘Fanney Khan’ found itself in some unwanted controversy after the release of its last song ‘Achche Din Kab Ayenge’. The song grabbed headlines as a section of social media users claimed the song was critical of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. To possibly stay away from the political hullabaloo, the film’s makers have released a new version of the song - titled ‘Mere Acche Din Ab Aaye Re’.

A source close to the makers reportedly said that after the first version came out, a lot of people online used it to attack the Central Government and question PM Modi on his promise of “achche din” and the song was getting politicised needlessly. Apparently, the producers also got a few calls from high ranking officials, after which they decided to release the new version and they are even contemplating pulling down the original song.

The director of the film, Atul Manjrekar stated that the new version was to be unveiled only after the movie hit theatres. He reportedly said that they cut a new video and released it because the song was unnecessarily taking a political colour. He also said that it hadn’t struck them that this is also the slogan of the government and the makers didn't expect such a reaction. Atul hopes that people see the song in the right context and not misconstrue it.